Which hugest pocket-handkerchief

Has ever simulated;

And when, arrived so far, you say

In tragic accents “Go,”

Then, Lydia, then . . . I still shall stay,

And firmly answer—No.

Austin Dobson.

THE OLD SEDAN CHAIR

IT stands in the stable-yard, under the eaves,

Propped up by a broom-stick and covered with leaves: